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And he just fought back against those barrages.
Compared to these, what he is more concerned about at this moment is his opponent in the next round.
Ignoring Yang Yiyi, Zhou Ran began to think about his competition tomorrow as he continued walking towards the hotel.
According to his understanding, there are only three rounds of Eastern Region qualifiers.
After the regional qualifiers, the real national competition will begin.
In other words, as long as he wins the game tomorrow, he can step onto the national competition stage to compete for the final National High School Tennis League championship.
Normally, Zhou Ran doesn't care much about who his opponent will be.
But because tomorrow's game is rather special, he still showed some interest.
While he was thinking, he also arrived at the door of the hotel room.
At this time, Zhou Ran saw that, just like before, Zhao Qianguang came back before him again and was waiting for him at the door again.
He had long been accustomed to Zhao Qianguang frequently appearing at his door.
When he walked to Zhao Qianguang's side, this time he did not push the door and walk into the room directly, but paused for a moment.
He knew that Zhao Qianguang must have something to say.
He also saw that Zhao Qianguang's expression was a little complicated at this time.
It was obvious that what Zhao Qianguang wanted to say to him this time was not a simple matter.
Chapter 92: Unsolvable Online Public Opinion!
Zhou Ran knew why Zhao Qianguang appeared here.
Of course Zhao Qianguang also knew that Zhou Ran knew why he appeared here.
So after seeing Zhou Ran pause in front of him, Zhao Qianguang didn't waste any words and directly told Zhou Ran what he wanted to say.
"Zhou Ran, I know you didn't know your opponent's habits in advance, so I learned about them for you!"
"Your opponent in the next round is a bit difficult to deal with!"
As he spoke, the expression on Zhao Qianguang's face became more gloomy.
"Your next opponent is Zhang Yi, the champion of this year's Hangcheng High School Tennis League!"
"You know Hangcheng, right? It's the one next to the Magic City!"
"The cities with the highest tennis skills in Dragon Country are definitely Imperial City and Magic City, but Hangcheng City's tennis skills are not low either, good enough to rank in the top five!"
"So, Zhang Yi was able to win the Hangcheng City High School Tennis League Championship. He must be quite talented!"
"And I also learned that Zhang Yi's situation is somewhat similar to yours, and he's also a transfer student!"
"The previous Zhang Yi was not from Hangcheng, but from the Imperial Capital!"
"It's just that Zhang Yi transferred to another school last year, and this is his first time representing Hangcheng City in the national competition!"
"According to my understanding, Zhang Yi transferred from the Imperial Capital to Hangcheng last year because he couldn't make it to the semifinals in the Imperial Capital. Without making it, he couldn't represent the Imperial Capital in the national competition. So, in order to be able to participate in the competition, he transferred from the Imperial Capital to Hangcheng!"
"But just because he can't represent the imperial capital doesn't mean Zhang Yi isn't strong!"
"Last year, Zhang Yi was a quarterfinalist in the Imperial Capital. You have to know that this is the Imperial Capital, the city with the strongest tennis strength in the country!"
"Even the top eight players are not comparable to ordinary players!"
"Your opponent in the next round will be the strongest you've ever faced, so don't take it lightly!"
After saying that, Zhao Qianguang looked at Zhou Ran with a worried expression.
During the time he spent with Zhou Ran, Zhao Qianguang had already formed a united front with Zhou Ran.
Although he was not on the court to participate in the game, he also wanted to help Zhou Ran off the court as much as possible.
After listening to what Zhao Qianguang said, Zhou Ran became more interested in the next game.
He was just thinking that because the next game was of great significance, as long as he won, he could officially participate in the national competition.
Now his opponent in the next round is actually a tennis player from the former imperial capital, and it seems that he is quite strong.
Zhou Ran thinks it is very meaningful to be able to defeat such an opponent and step onto the stage of the national competition.
So he completely ignored Zhao Qianguang's worries, and the expression on his face only became more cheerful and relaxed.
If Zhao Qianguang had just met Zhou Ran and saw Zhou Ran's expression, which was completely opposite to his, he would think that Zhou Ran might be looking down on his opponent.
But through his understanding of Zhou Ran, he knew that Zhou Ran would never look down on anyone on the court.
The reason why Zhou Ran had such a relaxed expression on his face was entirely because he had enough confidence in his own abilities.
So when Zhao Qianguang saw the relaxed expression on Zhou Ran's face, he did not remind Zhou Ran to be more serious. This reminder was unnecessary for Zhou Ran.
Seeing Zhou Ran so confident, the gloomy expression on Zhao Qianguang's face eased a little.
Zhou Ran originally thought that what Zhao Qianguang had just said was all that Zhao Qianguang was waiting for him here.
However, when he was about to walk back to the room, he found that Zhao Qianguang was still standing there, with a gloomy expression on his face.
"Why, is there anything else?"
Zhou Ran asked tentatively.
Just as Zhou Ran said, Zhao Qianguang did have something to tell Zhou Ran.
And Zhao Qianguang thought that what he was going to say next was more important than Zhang Yi being a tennis player from the former imperial capital.
After brewing his emotions for a while, Zhao Qianguang said, "Zhou Ran, do you feel that the current online public opinion is very unfavorable to you?"
"You are clearly the victim, the one framed by Guan Feng. Logically, you deserve the understanding and support of netizens!"
"But now almost the entire internet considers you a villain and calls you the most disgusting tennis player!"
"They only saw you fighting Guan Lei on the court, but they didn't want to understand why you did that. They just took your words out of context and regarded you as a bad person!"
"And this negative online public opinion is trending towards something even worse!"
"In this increasingly negative atmosphere of public opinion, even if someone wants to support you, they will be deterred!"
"Either I become your casual fan, or I slowly become your hater!"
"So this kind of online public opinion that's so unfair to you makes me a little worried!"
Zhao Qianguang told Zhou Ran what he wanted to say most.
In fact, he had wanted to say these words to Zhou Ran for a long time.
But he never had the chance, and he was too embarrassed to say it in front of Zhou Ran.
But now, looking at the increasingly bad online public opinion and atmosphere, he feels that if he doesn't speak up, something might go wrong.
After all, a tennis player has two parts: on and off the court.
On the field, we defeated our opponents through strong strength and won the game.
Off the field, we need a lot of support from fans.
Only by combining on-court and off-court skills can a tennis player unleash his true strength.
After all, if the online public opinion off the court is very bad, it will definitely affect the players' mentality, causing them to perform poorly on the court, and they may even face the situation of permanently withdrawing from tennis.
Of course Zhou Ran knew what Zhao Qianguang said.
He had long discovered that many people on the Internet disliked him.
But he thought that what Zhao Qianguang said just now was not entirely correct.
This group of people on the Internet don't dislike him because he beat Guan Lei so badly in the previous game.
His last match with Guan Lei was just a catalyst for netizens' public pressure on him.
The most important reason why netizens can't stand him is because of their own negative personalities such as selfishness, self-interest, envy, jealousy and hatred.
First of all, Zhou Ran’s strength is too strong.
It's so powerful that it's unreal.
Netizens are unwilling to admit that Zhou Ran really possesses such strength. Once they admit it, they will have to accept the fact that they are far inferior to Zhou Ran.
And before this, they had blindly followed the trend and misunderstood Zhou Ran.
After Zhou Ran proved his own strength, this group of people were unwilling to admit their mistakes and were extremely stubborn.
Netizens who are unwilling to admit their mistakes will only choose to continue to discredit Zhou Ran from other angles.
It is absolutely impossible to apologize to Zhou Ran, and it is even more impossible to change from being a Zhou Ran hater to a fan.
Since you have chosen to be a black fan, then pretend to be completely blind and be a black fan to the end.
This is also the nature of keyboard warriors.
Therefore, Zhou Ran believes that there is no solution to the malicious atmosphere netizens have towards him.
Even if he tried hard to please netizens, he would only be regarded as guilty.
It is absolutely impossible to get the support of this group of people.
Zhou Ran had already figured this out.
So instead of trying to curry favor with netizens in a thankless task, it is better to be yourself.
Just win the game on the court. It doesn't matter how those netizens off the court dislike him.
Anyway, even if they dislike him, they can't get rid of him. It's these netizens who are upset, not him.
After thinking about it, in order to dispel Zhao Qianguang's concerns, Zhou Ran told Zhao Qianguang his true thoughts.
After hearing what Zhou Ran said, Zhao Qianguang was a little surprised.
He didn't expect Zhou Ran's tennis skills to be so high and his mentality to be so stable.
But even if Zhou Ran doesn't care about online public opinion, Zhao Qianguang really can't stand this group of keyboard warriors who only know how to type.
So he wanted to help Zhou Ran deal with this group of people.
Then, he prepared to tell Zhou Ran about the plan he had been brewing for a long time.
"Zhou Ran, I know you don't care about online public opinion!"
"But these people are so infuriating, we must fight back against them!"
“So if you don’t mind, I’d like to run a social media account!”
"In your name!"
"When unfair public opinion against you appears online, I will post a counter-attack on this social account operated in your name to refute that group of people!"
"This way, we can refute them!"
"You can also explain and clarify things to netizens in a timely manner to reduce their misunderstandings about you!"
"What do you think?"
Chapter 93: Completely Dark! Wave Ball!
When Zhou Ran first heard Zhao Qianguang's proposal, he was a little surprised.
He had never thought about this aspect before.
But soon, he said that Zhao Qianguang could do as he thought.
He would not deny Zhao Qianguang's proposal, as he knew that he did not usually care much about media reports on him.
But sometimes, it is very important to have a media outlet that allows him to speak.
For example, when Guan Feng framed him before, although he didn't care about being framed, his parents were still affected by a lot of public opinion.
If there had been a way to prove that he was not falsely accused, his parents would not have been affected by public opinion.
That's why Zhou Ran thought that if Zhao Qianguang could really operate a social media account, it would definitely come in handy when necessary.
After learning that Zhou Ran agreed to do this, Zhao Qianguang was very happy.
He wanted to run a social media account, partly to speak up for Zhou Ran.
Of course, he also has his own considerations.
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